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Number   :  419
Date     :  2001-07-18
Author   :  Joseph Maddison
Subject  :  Re: another project...
Size(KB) :  2


> For example, /FILECNT:1000 will stop the current job
after processing (be it copy, list, move, or delete)
1000 files. 

Every once in a while I wish XXCOPY had this feature.

But, again, as always, we have to weigh whether it is
used by anyone else. <

You and me, Kan, that's 2! 

> If we had the /FILECNT:1000 feature, it will help
Joseph's project here. But, the next problem is
that somehow we need a mechanism to "synthesize"
the new directory name such as \0001\, \0002\ and
so on. <

Here's an article on a counting batch file.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/issues/1511/pcmg0088.htm . Don't try to
read the code if you're not into it. Simply know that the line

ECHO Directory is %M%%H%%T%%O% (put ECHO commands here)

can be replaced with the XXCOPY command

XXCOPY /RC /FILECNT:1000 %M%%H%%T%%O%\

Then, as long as XXCOPY returns status 0, keep looping. So, add the 
following line to exit on a nonzero return status after the XXCOPY 
line:

if errorlevel 1 GOTO OutOfLoop

Now replace the demo exit count with '9999' (I leave it as extra 
credit to rework the batch file to handle more than 10K files!)
and replace the SET M=7 to be 0 or 1 to start.

*** One last question... XXCOPY is going to process in "directory"
file number order instead of LFN order, right? Is there any way to 
change this behavior? *** 

This means that I need to physically sort the directory entries under 
Win2000, which is problematic. Still, the /FILECNT:x would be 95% of 
the solution.


The original batch file from Neil J. Rubenking / PC Magazine:

---------- snip ---------------
@ECHO OFF
:: --- Set starting value
:: --- M=thousands, H=hundreds, T=tens, O=ones
:: --- This example starts at 7000
SET M=7
SET H=0
SET T=0
SET O=0
:Loop
:ReturnM
ECHO Directory is %M%%H%%T%%O% (put ECHO commands here)
:: --- Replace '7600' in next line with ending value
IF '%M%%H%%T%%O%'=='7600' GOTO OutOfLoop
SET Place=O
GOTO Inc
:ReturnO
IF NOT '%O%'=='0' GOTO Loop
SET Place=T
GOTO Inc
:ReturnT
IF NOT '%T%'=='0' GOTO Loop
SET Place=H
GOTO Inc
:ReturnH
IF NOT '%H%'=='0' GOTO Loop
SET Place=M
GOTO Inc

:Inc
IF '%Place%'=='O' SET Value=%O%
IF '%Place%'=='T' SET Value=%T%
IF '%Place%'=='H' SET Value=%H%
IF '%Place%'=='M' SET Value=%M%
IF '%Value%'=='0' SET %Place%=1
IF '%Value%'=='1' SET %Place%=2
IF '%Value%'=='2' SET %Place%=3
IF '%Value%'=='3' SET %Place%=4
IF '%Value%'=='4' SET %Place%=5
IF '%Value%'=='5' SET %Place%=6
IF '%Value%'=='6' SET %Place%=7
IF '%Value%'=='7' SET %Place%=8
IF '%Value%'=='8' SET %Place%=9
IF '%Value%'=='9' SET %Place%=0
GOTO Return%Place%

:OutOfLoop
FOR %%v IN (O T H M Place Value) DO SET %%v=

---------- snip ---------------



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